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This month we usher in a new year and a new era. November's historic presidential election brings a change in administration to Washington. President-elect Barack Obama's national security team wish list includes many familiar names, at...

Barack Obama won the recent presidential election convincingly, and it is time now for all Americans to rally around the next commander-in-chief. We need to offer our support and prayers. He will certainly need them as he and his team cope with...

In a 20 November 2008 editorial titled "Piracy Problem," the Los Angeles Times noted: "The U.S. Navy said shipping companies should do more to protect their vessels, and the ship owners said governments should guard the...

Individual Augmentees fill essential roles alongside overtaxed ground troops. The author, an IA in Afghanistan, considers the program's potential for Army and Navy mutual support and the implications for Navy readiness.

Weaning the Navy from Foreign Oil

During their seagoing careers, most mariners will never see ice and even fewer will have to navigate through it. In all its forms, whether land-generated or ocean-created, ice afloatis a fascinating sight in terms of colors, forms, and creation...

The terrorist raid on Mumbai in late November 2008 dramatized the maritime aspect of the war against terrorism. Soon after the raid, the Indians claimed a surviving terrorist stated that he was one of 16 who had come by sea. They hijacked a small...

On 29 October the Royal Dutch Submarine HNLMS Walruswas photographed pier side at Naval Station Norfolk after eight days of training with U.S. and Dutch naval assets taking part in TACDEVEX 08-08. The...

At the age of 32, Lieutenant Elmer F. "Archie" Stone had already had an unusual career for a Coast Guard officer. Having completed flight training on 10 April 1917, he had the distinction of being Coast Guard Aviator Number 1 (and Naval...